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Crosstown Project

Cross-Town Confusion

35W – Highway 62 Construction Zone The third time this week that I found myself headed west on Crosstown, nearing 35W, I was ready: to continue heading west on Crosstown, you have to keep to the right. Stay to the left, and you find yourself shunted onto 35W, heading north towards downtown Minneapolis (and several...
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Gridlock Recipe

“One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward” Dept. Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few. –Winston Churchill Never in the history of Twin Cities road construction have so many been inconvenienced by so few for so long. –Ross Kaplan Take two of the Twin Cities’...
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Fixing Wall Street (and other things)

Blueprint for Fixing a Broken System If something exists, it must be possible.–Amy Lovins After decades of ineffective band-aid’s, senior government officials finally “bit the bullet” and commited to a long-term fix. First, they came up with a design that would meet 21st-century needs. Then they raised enough capital to overhaul the old, antiquated system,...
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